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IBKR Shorts Build Into July Earnings

Interactive Brokers Group heads into its July 14 earnings date with short interest climbing at the fastest pace in months while the broader stock drifts lower — a combination that sharpens the setup ahead of the next…

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SMCI's options alarm the loudest as the rally unwinds

Super Micro Computer has given back nearly all of last week's exuberance — down 19% on the week to $40.64 — and this time the options market flashed the warning well before the price did. The clearest signal came from…

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UDR CEO Sells $3M as Stock Posts Best Week in Months

UDR heads into the week of June 9 with a sharp tension at its centre: the stock is up nearly 7% on the week and trading at $39.37, yet the CEO just sold $3.1 million worth of shares near that high. The insider angle is…

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ROM Options Signal Caution After a Bruising Week

ProShares Ultra Technology enters the second week of June nursing a sharp 17.7% weekly loss, even as the leveraged ETF holds a modest 4.1% gain on the month — a split signal that captures the violent two-way moves…

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MLCO Dips as CLSA Downgrades and Peers Rally

Melco Resorts & Entertainment enters the second week of June with an awkward divergence: the stock fell 5.5% on Tuesday to $5.62 while its closest gaming peers posted gains, and a fresh analyst downgrade has reset the…

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RadNet shorts rebuild as the stock reclaims $56

RDNT has clawed back 3.4% on the week to $56.18, reversing part of its month-long slide — but short sellers have used the bounce to rebuild positions rather than retreat. Short interest is moving in the wrong direction…

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CSIQ Shorts Retreat but the Stock Keeps Falling

Canadian Solar is caught in an unusual bind: short sellers are actually pulling back, yet the stock is down more than 21% on the week, a gap that points to something more structural than a bear raid. The short-interest…

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CVLT shorts build fast as options traders turn bullish

Commvault Systems enters the week with an unusual split: short sellers are rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months, while options traders have moved to their most bullish stance of the past year. Short…

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Analyst Upgrades Pile In as SAIA Shorts Quietly Retreat

SAIA heads into the week before its July 31 earnings with a notable alignment: analysts raising targets in unison, short sellers trimming positions, and the stock trading fractionally above the newly lifted Street…

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GDX Bears Double Down as Miners Shed 12% in a Week

GDX enters the week under meaningful pressure — the gold miners ETF has dropped nearly 12% in seven days and short sellers have responded with a sharp acceleration in bearish positioning that now ranks as one of the…

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Silver's Sharp Pullback Draws More Shorts Into SLV

SLV has dropped 13.2% in a single week and 19.2% over the past month — a brutal reversal that has left the iShares Silver Trust at $59.01 and reshaped how the lending market is positioning around it. The most striking…

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USO borrow stress eases slightly but shorts hold their ground

USO — the United States Oil Fund — enters the week with the first meaningful loosening of its borrow market in over a month, yet the short position has barely budged, leaving the fund in an unusual state of partial…

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TransDigm Holds Near Highs as Options Market Leans Defensive

TransDigm Group enters the summer lull trading near $1,257 — up 4.2% on the day and just shy of all-time highs — yet the options market is sending a notably cautious signal that sits in tension with the stock's…

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Morgan Stanley lifts LYV target as shorts quietly rebuild

Live Nation Entertainment enters the second half of June with an interesting split personality: the Street is growing more constructive, yet short sellers are adding positions at a measured pace — and insiders have…

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UEC Slammed on Earnings — Shorts Begin to Retreat

UEC just posted one of its sharpest single-week declines in recent memory, shedding 31% to close at $10.65 on Tuesday, with the move accelerating on June 9 when the stock dropped a further 15.5% on earnings day — and…

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AT&T Stock Slides 8% in a Week as Short Sellers Accelerate

AT&T has dropped nearly 8% over the past week to $22.71, making it the worst performer among its closest peers, and the short-side pressure that was quietly building a week ago has since picked up pace. Short interest…

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Baidu Shorts Double in a Week as Stock Slides 11%

BIDU heads into the back half of June with a sharp and sudden rebuild in short interest running directly against a stock that has lost 11% in the past week. The dominant story this week is the pace of short…

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ChipMOS Borrow Costs Climb as Shorts Stay Cautious

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. enters the week with an unusual split: a 10% single-day price surge on Tuesday sitting alongside a quietly tightening borrow market and a short score that has drifted lower for two weeks…

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